STC’s Alyssa Chyma collapses into the arms of teammates after completing the race Monday, September 14. Allison Graham/News Chronicle

TAMA — The conditions for running could not have been more different Monday afternoon in Tama for the South Tama Invite for teams like East Marshall and BCLUW — it was a vast shift from the cold, rainy conditions of last Thursday’s Bobcat Invitational.

With temperatures at 81 degrees Fahrenheit and a faint breeze, 15 schools ran at the event hosted at the unique home course for the Trojans and two teams were consistently at the top of the order: Dike-New Hartford and Marion. The Wolverines took the victory with a score of 53 for the varsity girls, with Marion finishing second nine points behind. On the boys’ side, Marion took home a convincing team victory with a score of 23. D-NH finished fourth in the boys’ division.

Hosts South Tama County finished fifth in the boys’ team standings and the girls’ team standings.

The boys’ team had two top-10 finishers in freshmen Tommy Tyynismaa (eighth place) and James Brant. On the girls’ side, senior Alyssa Chyma came in seventh place with a time of 22:02.0 and junior Jojo Tyynismaa finished in 15th.

The difficult, bendy track was a strong test for the hosting team, coach Robert Tyynismaa said.

Meskwaki’s Zayton Weninger-Brown finished 42 at the STC Invite Monday, September 14. Allison Graham/News Chronicle

“We probably haven’t hit hills as hard as we would like to this early in the season,” Tyynismaa said. “In light of that, the teams ran well. Very pleased on their places.”

South Tama County Invite

GIRLS

Team Standings — 1. Dike-New Hartford 53, 2. Marion 62, 3. Montezuma 78, 4. West Marshall 97, 5. South Tama 152, 6. East Marshall 162, 7. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 174, 8. South Hardin 209, 9. Colo-NESCO 225.

SOUTH TAMA (152) — 7. Chyma 22:02, 14. Jojo Tyynismaa 23:15, 40. Kayla Heck 26:05, 51. Joselin Nunez 28:41, 68. Aubrey Roberts 38:15.

Meskwaki’s Shye Johnson finished 16th at the STC Invite Monday, September 14. Allison Graham/News Chronicle

GRUNDY CENTER/GLADBROOK-REINBECK (174) — 9. Stahl 22:25, 41. Bella Dole 26:20, 46. Paiton Wallis 26:57, 52. Olivia Patrick 29:11, 55. Jassica Saak 29:35, 56. Haylee Hinders 29:36, 62. Abbie Lindeman 30:42.

GMG — 36. Angel Schewe 25:14, 66. Lilly Bru 32:15.

MESKWAKI — 16. Shye Johnson 23:23.

NORTH TAMA — 3. Lidgett 21:14, 65. Rachel Robinson 31:51.

BOYS

Team Standings — 1. Marion 23, 2. Grundy Center/Gladbrook-Reinbeck 88, 3. East Marshall 104, 4. Dike-New Hartford 116, 5. South Tama 122, 6. South Hardin 137, 7. West Marshall 213, 8. BCLUW 215, 9. Colo-NESCO 215, 10. Montezuma 227, 11. GMG 346, 112. Baxter 365.

GRUNDY CENTER/GLADBROOK-REINBECK (88) — 3. Day 17:46, 14. Soren Cleveland 19:05, 16. Paul Brockett 19:27, 18. Brennen Sager 19:43, 37. Jeryn Spear 20:59, 41 Sam Bingman 21:19, 45. Donny Pruisner 21:39.

SOUTH TAMA (122) — 8. Tyynismaa 18:41, 29. Jonathan Meyer 20:21, 30. Clayton Graff 20:30, 46. Trusten Rosenberger 21:46, 47. Case Rosenberger 21:46, 62. Braxten Rohrs 23:02.

GMG (346) — 64. Noah Teske 23:21, 68. Abe Dieleman 24:00, 75. Owen Bovenmeyer 24:54, 76. Preston Jones 25:51, 77. Jarrett Hornberg 26:05, 85. Sebastian McGauchey 29:42.

MESKWAKI — 42. Zayton Weninger-Brown 21:20.

NORTH TAMA — 65. Scott Lewis 23:22, 82. Christian Dronebarger 28:12.